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See also:BERKHAMPSTEAD (See also:GREAT BERFHANPSTEAD) , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Watford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hertfordshire, See also:England, 28 m. N.W. from See also:London by the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop, of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 5140. It lies pleasantly in the narrow well-wooded valley of the Bulbourne, and is See also:close to the See also:Grand Junction See also:canal. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, a large cruciform structure, exhibits all the See also:Gothic styles, and earlier fragments are traceable. There are several See also:brasses of See also:interest. The poet See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Cowper was See also:born in the rectory in 1731. The large See also:grammar school is a See also:foundation of 1541. See also:Straw-plaiting and the manufacture of small wooden wares are the See also:principal See also:industries, and there are large chemical See also:works. Of the See also:castle earthworks and fragments of walls remain. The name of the town is Great Berkhampstead (or Berkhamsted), in distinction from Little Berkhampstead near See also:Hatfield in this See also:county.
Berkhampstead (Beorhhamstede, Berchehamstede) was undoubtedly of some importance in Saxon times since there were fifty-two burgesses there at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Conquest. In 1156 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. granted the men and merchants of the town the same See also:laws and customs as they had in the time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, and that they should be quit of See also:toll throughout England, See also:Normandy, See also:Aquitaine and See also:Anjou. Berkhampstead See also:rose to importance with its castle, which is said to have been built by See also:Robert, See also:count of See also:Mortain, and when the castle See also:fell into ruin after 1496 the town also began to decay. In 1618, however, the burgesses received an See also:incorporation See also:charter; but after the See also:civil See also:wars the corporate See also:body began to fail through poverty, and in the 18th See also:century had ceased to exist. The burgesses returned two members to See also:parliament in 1320 and again in 1338 and 1341, but were never represented again. Before the 13th century the burgesses held a weekly market on See also:Sunday and a yearly See also:fair on St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James's See also:day, but in 1218 Henry III. altered the market day to See also:Monday. Roofing tiles were manufactured in Berkhampstead as See also:early as the 13th century, and in See also:Elizabeth's reign the making of See also:malt was the See also:chief See also:industry.
End of Article: BERKHAMPSTEAD (GREAT BERFHANPSTEAD)
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